FROM THE SCSOCOLD CASE FILES

On April 6, 1981 at approximately 3:30PM, the body of 53 year old Luellen Gadson was discovered in a wooded area off of CR 219 approximately one mile west of the City Limits of Wildwood, Florida. Gadson had been shot in the face with a shotgun. An eyewitne...

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Bias Based Profiling Statement

It is the policy of the Sumter County Sheriff's Office to prohibit
bias based profiling in all Law Enforcement-initiated actions. These
include all investigative detentions, field contacts, traffic
contacts, arrests, searches, asset seizures and forfeiture efforts.
A deputy's actions will be based on a standard of reasonable suspicion
or probable cause as required by the Fourth Amendment of the U.S.
Constitution and statutory authority. Deputies must be able to
articulate specific facts, circumstances and conclusions, which
support reasonable suspicion for an investigative detention or
traffic stop, or probable cause for arrest. Deputies shall not
consider race, ethnicity, national origin, religion, age, gender
identity or sexual orientation in establishing either reasonable
suspicion, probable cause, or as a basis for requesting consent
to search.

Criminal profiling is a legitimate tool in the fight against crime.
It is an investigative method in which a deputy, through observation
of activities and environment, identifies suspicious behavior by
individuals and develops a legal basis, consistent with the Fourth
Amendment, to detain and question.

However, illegal profiling refers to a decision by a deputy to stop,
detain, interdict, or search an individual based on the race, color,
gender, ethnicity, religion, age, sexual orientation, or national
origin. The Sumter County Sheriff's Office prohibits illegal profiling
as a law enforcement tactic and will not tolerate or condone its use
by any member of the agency.

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